Recognition

TSP On This Day

MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Another collection of essays from BenBella's Smart Pop line, this time covering Star Trek, the original series. PROS: Very entertaining read, lots of interesting essays, a quick, easy read. CONS: A couple of weak essays, mostly for the Star Trek fan. BOTTOM LINE: If you are a Star Trek fan, especially of the original series, this Continue Reading →

With all the recent brouhaha about Pluto planet classification, I thought it'd be fun to list science fiction stories in which Pluto plays a prominent role. The following list is culled from SciFan and The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction by John Clute and Peter Nicholls.Plutonia by Vladimir Obruchev (1924) Cosmic Engineers by Clifford D. Simak (1950) Man of Earth by Continue Reading →

Description: The Asgard and three Goa'uld System Lords meet at Stargate Command to negotiate a treaty modification, but subterfuge and treachery threaten not only the success of the negotiations, but Earth itself. Teaser: Ah, nothing like a nice ceremony to pump up the troops and congratulate them for defeating yet another Goa'uld. And as Sam gets promoted to Major, O'Neill Continue Reading →

Did you ever get a song stuck in your head? Usually songs that won't go away are the annoying ones. Things like Toto's "Rosanna" or the McCartney/Wonder duet "Ebony & Ivory". This week's cranial throbbing, for me, is courtesy of the worst song ever: Starship's "We Built This City". (And, in case you were wondering, the band's name makes it Continue Reading →